Resources
New Product Update: Polypropylene Sheet and Greencast Acrylic
New Product Update: Polypropylene Sheets in white, black, red, blue, green, yellow clear and frosted and Glass Clear Greencast Acrylic.
Superb 3D Design from Mark Ledwold at My Mini Factory
Download and print a 3D enclosure by Mark Ledwold from My Mini Factory, for Kitronik's popular Deluxe Stereo Amplifier Kit.
How to Make a Stylish E-Textiles BagLight
The BagLight is a moveable LED strip designed to help people find items in their bag easily. It uses a soft battery holder that makes the strip thin and compact.
The outside is made out of leatherette so it is in keeping with the aesthetics of bags, although any fabric could be used. The bag light has a strap that can be pinned or clipped on to the inside of a bag.
Check out this step by step guide to making your own BagLight.
New Product Update: Solid Core and Multi-Strand Cable 10m Lengths and Retail Pack Mono Amplifier Kit
This weeks new products are 10m lengths of Solid Core and Multi-stand cable for your electronics projects and we've put our Mono Amplifier Kit version 2 in a retail pack
Video: Introducing Polypropylene
Kevin Spurr introduces our range of Polypropylene sheet materials. Available in a range of bright colours or as transparent frost and clear sheets. Easy to work with, cut with scissors or even with a laser cutter.
A Guide to Plywood Grading
Plywood (laserply) is graded using a lettering system, this guide explains what quality of finish should be expected for each of the UK grades including photos. It also explains how two grades are used to give the same or different quality finishes on either side of a sheet of material.
New Products: Mirrored, Glass Look and Pale Opaque 3mm Perspex
New Perspex types for Kitronik's range of laser safe materials for enclosures and projects of all kinds. Mirror, Glass Look and Pale Opaque Acrylics.
Poplar Laser Plywood (laserply) Video
Find out why we rate Poplar Laser Plywood (laserply) so highly with this video explanation.
New Products: Soldering Starter Kit, Soldering Repair Kit and Toggle Switch
Friday means new products and we've perfect products for anyone who wants to get into the world of electronics and soldering.
Concrete Speaker Design at Nottingham Trent University
Concrete is an amazing material we came across these speaker enclosures produced by students studying Product Design at Nottingham Trent University
New Products: 3W Class D Stereo Amplifier Kit and Needle File Set
New products at Kitronik 3W Class D Stereo Amplifier Kit and 6 140mm Needle File Set in carry case.
Maker Spotlight: Bespoke Gear
After seeing Matt Little's Pedal Power 'Cuppa-Meter' machine at the Creator Fair this year I thought it was time to get to know the man behind the name a little better.
How to Make a Traffic Light SmartBand
We've seen traffic light cups in a few schools now, where students put a green, amber or red cup on their desk to inform the teacher whether they understand what they've just been taught.
Despite being low tech and low budget, anecdotal evidence shows that there might be a reluctance to use them as they are so visible to peers. Enter...SmartBand
How to use a 2-Way Passive Crossover
A crossover is the name given to a circuit that splits an audio signal into separate frequency bands. This allows different frequency bands of the output from an amplifier to be sent to different speakers instead of all being sent to one speaker.